The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-04-23
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81 IL has revived irteicstiu uni.i.res
OF which There $40 scvera ia Nuous
parts VI tho state. TlDtc is cue in
tmrbugn which is slid to have u,on
successfully applied to shout y.r-
SONS. But by all cdds the mos o,a.
bic ,touc in tho south istnat ,,,, cd
by MIS-. !. v. Gibson. in Columbia
county. IL derives interest not ,.l0no
from its wonjcrmi euro Whicu 81 has
elected. put from it. mt.quit, aud
the manner il which 1t came into pos
session of tho family
lnl7lj vessel from tho East In.
dies touched the coast OF North Caro-
lima, where the great.grandfather of
Mrs. Gibsohs husband lived at the
time. y passenger who was sick was
his home, where the stranger was
welcomed ana nur-cd back to health
When about to take his departure he
took from his pocket two stones, one
(Which he presented toMr. Gibson,
telling him that it was of great aye
az he had been assured by the gentle.
man fIom whom he procured it in
bombay that it possessed remarkable
power. in all cases Of blood.pOlsuu
ing, whether resulted from cOTOsiun
OF foreign substances, from the bltcs
OF animals or insects of any descrip-
ton or from incubation. Even IN
cases oLsma lpoN, said the stranger,
the stone has been known TO extract
the poison from the system. leaving
the patient thoroughly restored TO
health. The stone was OF II grayish-
black color and perfectly smooth 1t
was one inch in length, threec~Quar-
ters OF all inch in width and halt al
inch thick
The stranger disappeared, and the
stone WAS laid 10y asa curiosity to re-
mind The family of its curious guest
No faith was placed in the medicinal
qualities 1t was not long, however,
before al event happened which
brought the stone into high rcpuio
a member of MIR. Gibsons family
was bitten by n rattlesnakc. Al
known remedies failed. The patient
had passed INTO paroxysms and ali
hopes md fled. II was then that one
OF tho children thought OF the mystic.
rious stCn, As no harm could bc
done, il was determined to use it,.
An incisiou WAS made in the patients
ley one inch above the spot bittcu,
Aud the stone Inserted. As the stone
Il 4 of I, L.. al
guIsh c.a apcd the lips otthe sufferer,
rs II life itself WAS being drawn out.
ln less than Que minute the stone hnd
changed its color from dark grey 10
"a poisinuu~ looking green IL was
pulled out and soaked in warm wstcr
and applied again and again, its adhe.
sive power growing less aud less, un-
I'll at lSst IL retuscd to stick. liy this
time the patient fell into heavy sleep
only to awake to II conciouencss OF
restored health lie lived thirty
wears after the event happened. II
was thus that the stone which was on
ly kept rs u Jest, became an object
which money could not buy From
all parts OF the coast there were calls
for the wonderful stone. Tho family
subsequently moved to Columbia
county in.this state, whore for 100
years this stone has been an object OF
curiosity to physicians amt people
in general
/ he recent history of this remarka-
Bile stone is quite IA strange n that oil
its earlier years, curing the bltcs OF
mad dogs and cats, the stings of scor'
pons and snakes and the inOculatiOn
Of POISONOUS substances In 1872 Abe
Lockhart, u colOred man in Columbia
county, WAS bitten by "a pilot snake
The stone was applied to the bite.
The wonderful part of the story -
that the man who had inherited scroi.
uln. was cured OF that disease, and
has had since no return OF the malady
seven years ago shack Green, who
lived nine miles away, was bitten by
n rattlesnake. When found he was
uncons clou-. He was put. into II way
on and driven the nine miles 10 tfc
home Of Mr.. Gibson. BY that time
the victim's 'cg had swollen TO three
times its usual size. As soon ~ the
stone was applied it affected the sui
fercr precisely as it had its first sub
jcct, over century before. n case
WnlCll attracted WlNcrp IcAN ~ ltH tlbH,
however, was that OF Miss Williams,
who lived near the plantation Of Gen,
Robert roombs, in Wilkes county. In
1853 Miss Williams was inoculatcd
from virus obtained from mad COW.
When the fact was discovered it sent
shock tGrough the community, The
lGdys friends at once resolved to use
Mrs, Gibson's maidstone, which was
entirely successful in warding oil the
anticipated danger o., A.strange case,
however, was that Of the two grand.
children OF Mrs, McGnnty, Of Nor
wood. who had been bitten aud
scratched fearfully by mad cat, The
stone was applied to the two alter
nately, The children were taken to
the house by their twD uncles, who,
sixty years before, mad been them
selves bitten by mad dogs and owed
their rescue to the same source.
IN fact there is hardly acommunily
in the Carolina7, Georgia and Ala
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